I was trying to see what early curling irons were like and found a number of patents for some interesting designs. It's amazing to see how early certain innovations were created. I shall present them in list form.
1886 US57354A: Hiram S. Maxim patents a steam heated curling iron
1873 US144471A: Joseph S. Morgan patents an iron internally heated with gas
1875 US5160637A: James M. Baxter patents a steam/hot water heated iron
1875 US161313A: Lewis Wilkinson patents a gas heated iron, attaches to a gas burner
1880 US229835A: Oscar Meday patents an iron with a spring clip to protect fingers
1888 US379443A: Charles H. Bissell patents and iron heated with a retractable core and spring
clamping bar
1889 US404128A: George L. Thompson patents a spring clamp iron with protection against heat
in the handle
1889 US407439A: Samuel Hawkridge patents a self heating iron using inflammable liquid with
holes as burners on the barrel
1890 US45433440A: James H. Bevington patents a self heating iron, acts as a lantern with a wick
and alcohol in the handle, the barrel is the chimney
I have included the patent numbers so you may look up some of these and see the illustrations accompanying the patent application. Just visit patents.google.com and it should be simple to find.
I was trying to see what early curling irons were like and found a number of patents for some interesting designs. It's amazing to see how early certain innovations were created. I shall present them in list form.
1886 US57354A: Hiram S. Maxim patents a steam heated curling iron
1873 US144471A: Joseph S. Morgan patents an iron internally heated with gas
1875 US5160637A: James M. Baxter patents a steam/hot water heated iron
1875 US161313A: Lewis Wilkinson patents a gas heated iron, attaches to a gas burner
1880 US229835A: Oscar Meday patents an iron with a spring clip to protect fingers
1888 US379443A: Charles H. Bissell patents and iron heated with a retractable core and spring
clamping bar
1889 US404128A: George L. Thompson patents a spring clamp iron with protection against heat
in the handle
1889 US407439A: Samuel Hawkridge patents a self heating iron using inflammable liquid with
holes as burners on the barrel
1890 US45433440A: James H. Bevington patents a self heating iron, acts as a lantern with a wick
and alcohol in the handle, the barrel is the chimney
I have included the patent numbers so you may look up some of these and see the illustrations accompanying the patent application. Just visit patents.google.com and it should be simple to find.
